Brotherhood (2016)

Similarly to 'Four Weddings' and 'Notting Hill' this film closely represents another version of West London. I had very high expectations for Brotherhood as it became very mainstream, in a fast paced amount of time, due to social media. This was mainly because it has one of the biggest grime/pop artists in Britain starring as one of the leading characters of the gang, Stormzy. This automatically made the film more popular overnight as Stormzy fans, both male and female were so shocked by his outburst to become an actor, not just a grime artist. Noel Clarke's sketch of the dangerous streets humming with violence, creates such a one sided opinion on Britain, and how violence is so raw, so disturbing but so fast paced. Sam faces up to the new world, he suddenly realizes it comes with a heavy load of problems, threats and challenges coming his way. These challenges he must face, however, he will need old friends to help him survive the new dangers. The film is the best one yet in my opinion. It is so easy to follow, everything happens so fast but with such ease, such emotion, and is so gripping that you literally do not want to move from your seat. Despite such negativity of violence throughout the film, there was a lot of humor which made it a lot more entertaining. The characters of the gang were all so different in some ways, but the same in others which made it so relatable for the audience. In my opinion, one of the best values of the film was Stormzy's character. It was as if he didn't play much of a new role, he was himself, he was used as a 'bad guy' to intimidate characters with his strong sense of power and height. Which is what people see him as anyway. however, he also shown his genuine and humorous personality throughout the film which he is also known to have. The best scene of the film was the ending scene of Sam fighting the antagonist, as he won and overcame all of his problems, but stereotypically the sequel of '.....hood' always leaves problems behind. I would highly recommend the film to all audiences as it is such a raw and genuine film.